miserable (but not for long)

“Oh baby” James croons, eyebrows pinched into a furrow, his strong hands hurrying to help sit regulus up as he vomits the little bit of what was in his stomach out onto the floor. “-m sorry”
regulus says roughly around his tears, his throat hurt even more after the vomiting and his ears pulsed with pain every other breath, he felt so weak and nauseous he could do nothing more to
hold himself up and collapses into james chest. Jame’s nice warm chest against him seemed only to further remind how awful he felt. “ Hey, hey, honey” James' warm voice whispered softly,concerned, wrapping his hands around Regulus's shaking frame,gently pulling him into his lap, as he cried into James' chest. Jame’s warm hands rubbed his back in soothing circles. “Hey, hey, Reg'' James whispers hand coming up to card through his sweaty black curls,” Can you look at me for a second honey.” James asks him gently. James waits a moment, a hand carding through his curls and a hand rubbing gentle circles on his back. Regulus continues to cry into his chest, hand curling weakley into the back of james t-shirt. Unsure if he heard him the first time, James tries again a little louder ,”Regulus honey, will you look at me.” Regulus seemed to hear him this time and looked up with a bit of a start. “Hey sweetheart” he cooed worriedly, taking in Regulus's fever flushed skin, his glassy eyes, the way his lip quivers, and the way his eyebrows knit together in pain, breath hitching with each shallow inhale. “Can you tell me where it hurts sweetheart?” he asks, supporting his shoulder and rubbing his back. Regulus’s eyes welled up with a new round of tears at the question, his throat hurt so much and the idea of trying to talk through the pain was far too overwhelming. “Okay honey, okay, no words thats ok” James whispers pulling regulus’s shaking frame back into his chest,his head landing in the crook of his neck, rocking him back and forth. They stay like that for a few minutes, James rocking his boyfriend. He was desperate for him to calm down, but also desperate to know what was wrong with him, so he could try his best to make it better. “Baby, can you point where it hurts for me, no talking, just pointing?” James whispers, carding his hand through regulus’s hair, pausing a moment to press his hand against is cheek, he definitely felt much warmer than he should be, and James made a mental note to check his temperature after he was calmer and he’d gotten a little more information out of him. Regulus nods into his chest, and James lets out a sigh of relief. Regulus moves back a bit to sit up from his chest, james keeps a hand on his shoulder to make sure he stays balanced. Regulus points, first to his throat,which explains his reluctance to speak, then to both of his ears, then vaguely to his head and he makes a spinny gesture to his stomach. “Alright baby, so your throat, ears and head hurt, and your feeling nauseous ?” James guesses, not 100% positive what the gesture to his stomach meant, but the vomit still on the ground gives him a pretty good idea.Regulus’s nods, his eyes slipping closed and his shoulders slumping heavily into james chest. “That's great baby, Thank you so much for telling me honey”. James praises while rubbing his back, James looked around at the vomit on the ground and regulus’s shoes and school bag beside it, a bit of the vomit had made its way onto the bag, James would clean it before Regulus sees it, knowing it would just upset him more. His hand brushed against regulus’s cheek and he is suddenly reminded of just how high a fever his boyfriend is currently running. He knew he needed to take Regulus's temperature and get him in some comfier, cooler clothes than the jeans and sweatshirt he'd worn to class, but he knew it wouldn't be easy. Regulus was practically dead weight against him, the vomiting and the request to tell james what's wrong seemingly wiping him out even further than before and he was clutching his hands around james back, trying to bury himself in james warm embraces as he shivered with chills . James contemplated just letting him stay there until he fell asleep, but quickly remembered the puddle of vomit which was most likely doing nothing but agitating his lovers already rumbly tummy, and he the warm sweat beneath his finger tips soaking through regulus’s sweatshirt. He knew regulus woulnt like it but they hard to get him changed and his temperature checked up on. “Hey baby, why dont we move from the couch?” James tried as he rubbed his lovers back with a bit more force than before, trying to rouse him. Regulus just whimpers, attempting burying his face deeper into the crook of james neck. “ I know love, but I need to check your temperature, and you”ll feel a lot better if we get you out of these sweaty clothes, he carefully leaves out the vomit on the floor, knowing it would only upset him more. Regulus just whimpers again but nods into james neck, seemingly agreeing to move. “Okay honey, lets just resituate a bit. He gently prys Regulus out of the crook of his neck and coaxes his arms from around his back as james goes to stand . Regulus makes a noise of protest, his eyes glazed and out of it, and his eyes fly open, startled and afraid looking as his hands come up to reach for james. “ Hey, hey” James placates as he gently grasps reguluses hands and guides him to lean a bit more against the cushions. “I'm not going anywhere honey, I'm just gettin you situated”. James ensures his out of it lover, his teary eyes coming up to meet James’s red rimmed and glassy . And james is suddenly hit with a wave of guilt, his lover looks sicker than hes ever seen anyone, and theres no way he could have reached this point over the course of a day.The question of ‘How could he not have noticed’ rings in his head. He knows how stressed Regulus has been about upcoming finals. And he knows about regulus’s habit of not letting people know when hes unwell. He should have noticed, shouldn't have let it get this far. “James” regulus says weakly and Regulus’s suddenly paler complexion snaps him out of his spiral. Regulus’s face has suddenly gone white and hes swaying a bit in his hold. “Reg! Hey Reg?” James says urgently, but Regulus' eyes are rolling back and he's limp in James's hold before he has the chance to say anything. “Shit, shit, Reg '' James panics, feeling nowhere prepared for this turn of events. There are tears in his eyes and he doesnt know what else to do, so he calls the only person he can think to call….